MARIAN UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Course Catalog • 2018-2019 Contents 2………………….University Calendar VISION STATEMENT To provide an education 3………………….The University distinguished in its ability to prepare transformative leaders 9………………….Undergraduate Admission for service to the world. MISSION STATEMENT 12………………..Finances Marian University is a Catholic university dedicated to excellent teaching and learning in the 13………………..Financial Aid Franciscan and liberal arts traditions. 16………………..Academic and Student Services OUR FRANCISCAN VALUES Our campus welcomes students 25………………..General Education Program of all faiths who seek an educational experience that 27………………..Graduation Requirements emphasizes a Franciscan understanding of the values of dignity of the individual, peace 35………………..Assessment and Placement and justice, reconciliation, and responsible stewardship. 37…………………Academic Success and Progress For more information, contact: Office of Admission 47…………………Cross-Discipline Academic Programs Marian University 3200 Cold Spring Road Indianapolis, IN 46222-1997 53…………………College of Arts and Sciences Telephone: 317.955.6300 800.772.7264 66…………………Educators College Fax: 317.955.6401 E-Mail: [email protected] Web site: www.marian.edu 72…………………School of Business Marian University does not 75…………………School of Nursing discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion or creed, 80…………………Marian’s Adult Program national or ethnic origin, or disability in its programs, activities, hiring, or the admission 82…………………Catalog of Courses of students. 193……………….People CO-EDITORS William B. Harting, Assistant Provost Jennifer Schwartz, Registrar 217……………….Index Hanna Varys, Assistant Registrar 1 UNIVERSITY CALENDAR 2018-19 FIRST SEMESTER • FALL Medical term begins ........................................................................Jul. 1 Registration ....................................................................................Aug. 16 Residence halls open for upperclassmen ........................................Aug. 19 Classes begin at 8 a.m. ...................................................................Aug. 20 Last day to add a course or change from/to audit .........................Aug. 24 Labor Day: university closed ...........................................................Sept. 3 Close pass/fail option ......................................................................Sept. 21 Spring and Summer 2017 incompletes due ....................................Sept. 28 Mid-term date ................................................................................Oct. 12 Mid-term recess: no classes ...........................................................Oct. 15-16 Last day to withdraw from a class ..................................................Oct. 26 Registration for spring semester .....................................................Oct.29-Nov. 9 Thanksgiving recess: no Wednesday classes ..................................Nov. 21 Thanksgiving recess: university closed ...........................................Nov. 22-23 Senior comprehensive exam results due (Dec. 2018 grads) ...........Nov. 26 May 2019 graduation candidates: last day to file application ........Nov. 30 Reading day: no classes ..................................................................Dec. 7 Final examinations ..........................................................................Dec. 10-14 Fall graduation date (no ceremony) ...............................................Dec. 31 Medical term ends ..........................................................................Dec. 31 SECOND SEMESTER • SPRING Medical term begins ........................................................................Jan. 1 Registration ....................................................................................Jan. 10 Residence halls open ......................................................................Jan. 13 Classes begin at 8 a.m. ...................................................................Jan. 14 Last day to add a course or change from/to audit .........................Jan. 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: university closed ................................Jan. 21 Close pass/fail option ......................................................................Feb. 15 Fall 2018 incompletes due ..............................................................Feb. 22 Mid-term date ................................................................................Mar. 8 Mid-term recess .............................................................................Mar. 11-15 Registration for fall semester .........................................................Mar. 25-Apr. 5 Last day to withdraw from a class ..................................................Mar. 29 Holy Thursday: no evening classes (4:00 p.m. and later) ................Apr. 18 Good Friday: university closed .......................................................Apr. 19 Senior comprehensive exam results due ........................................Apr. 22 Academic honors day: no classes ...................................................May 3 Final examinations ..........................................................................May 6-10 Graduation day ...............................................................................May 11 Medical school graduation …………………………………………………………..May 12 Medical term ends ..........................................................................Jun. 30 THIRD SEMESTER • SUMMER Summer semester begin ................................................................May 13 Memorial Day observed: university closed ....................................May 27 Independence Day observed: university closed ..............................July 4 Summer semester ends ..................................................................Aug. 17 Summer graduation date (no ceremony) .......................................Aug. 18 2 The University Vision Statement Provide an education that profoundly transforms lives, society, and the world. Mission Statement To be a great Catholic university dedicated to providing students with excellent teaching and learning in the Franciscan and liberal arts tradition. Values Our campus welcomes students of all faiths who seek an educational experience that emphasizes a Franciscan understanding of four values: dignity of the individual, peace and justice, reconciliation, and responsible stewardship. These values guide faculty, staff, and students. Description and Goals of Marian University Marian University is a Catholic, coeducational, comprehensive liberal arts university established by the Sisters of Saint Francis, Oldenburg which provides higher education for a student body of traditional age and adult students, resident and non-resident, with diverse abilities and varied religious, cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds. The university integrates a values-centered, liberal arts-based approach into its curriculum. Degrees are conferred in arts, science, business administration, and nursing at the associate and bachelor level. In addition, Marian University confers master’s degrees in specific disciplines and doctoral degrees in nursing practice and osteopathic medicine. Marian University provides a mentoring environment that emphasizes individual attention and fosters multi-faceted personal development. Marian University is engaged in dialogue and conversation within the Catholic Church, with the broader Christian community, with other religious people, and with all people of good will. Marian University also commits itself with integrity and creativity to the ongoing process of renewal as it pursues its institutional goals: • to provide quality academic programs, support services, and enrichment activities to ensure intellectual, emotional, social, physical, and spiritual development and responsible career preparation, within an environment that promotes respect for knowledge and the intellectual life, and a habit of critical thinking in pursuit of what is true, good, holy, and beautiful; • to promote the continuing search for a mutually enriching synthesis of faith and reason; and to be engaged in a fruitful dialogue between the gospel and culture in order to discern and evaluate both the progress and decline of society; • to support academic freedom with responsibility in order to foster a dynamic community of learners; • to provide for effective development of faculty and staff, by encouraging academic and professional excellence and by acknowledging creative achievements; • to provide students and personnel financial and physical resources sufficient to achieve, based on a strategic planning process, the institution’s goals; to create a caring and challenging learning environment in which students, faculty, and staff prepare to be responsible agents of a more humane society, with special concerns for those who are socially, politically, and economically marginalized. Strategic Direction Marian University has fashioned a bold, clear vision to profoundly transform the lives of our students through an excellent education that addresses every dimension of their collegiate experience. The university intends to educate every dimension of the human person—mind, body, and spirit. To realize this vision, Marian University’s Board of Trustees approved a strategic plan with four goals that will: • elevate the university’s academic stature to a superior level; • create a more vibrant campus